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Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

I'm so confused. I love the album but the image and the marketing have been horrible. I just wish I could have had control over her image and promotion.

SN: Pink's performance was easily the best of the night.

I'll give Tayor Swift this: that girl can write some awesome songs. l just wish someone else sang her songs. I find it ironic that after all this money she's made, it appears she can't afford a vocal coach cause she still sounds the same as the first time I heard her. No vocal progression at all.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Originally Posted by matt1980111

I'm so confused. I love the album but the image and the marketing have been horrible. I just wish I could have had control over her image and promotion.

Ooo I feel the same way. She either needs to fire her current image consultant/creative director or get one is she doesn't have one yet. She needs to avoid looking tacky and generic. GaGa had Laurieann Gibson, which is really the genius behind GaGa's Brand. If Christina can find a great one for Lotus the way she did with Back to Basics (Jamie King) her new album can be unstoppable.

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Just a pity B2B came out way back when...would have been a massive smash if it were released today (with her not wearing ridiculously odd outfits and instead 40s-60s), riding the wave off Adele and all that jazz.

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thought Xtina looked like Gaga in her AMA performance.
Finally listened to my copy of "lotus" and i really wanted to like it but it was too generic sounding, and xtina was bludgeoning my ears with her oversinging ( i think she knew the materials were weak thus overcompensating with her oversinging). Stripped and Back to basics were just really superior than lotus.
That being said i only liked the intro lotus, and the bonus tracks shut up and light up the sky.

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finally
a very decent performance of Just A Fool
the vocal wasnt very great but at least better from her last
and did anyone watch that episode
I read on twitter she's a lil coughing and rasping with her voice when commenting the contestants
so she's a bit sick?

if this true, well Im glad she could do a performance like that

rocketing on iTunes
I hope it can pull enough to stay there until radio release Dec 4th

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Why do I get the feeling that Christina and Co. were like, 'Oh shit...this album isn't doing too good. Let's try and get as much promo in as possible!' 3 performances in 3 weeks...at least the last two have been pretty good (loved 'Just a Fool'!).

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Wow 4 performances in a week. That's a lot! She's working hard on trying to promote (a little bit too late to be honest, but I guess better late than never). I'm happy and I'm enjoying this performances but I don't see how Lotus can be saved now...She didn't do ANY promotion for 2 months since she released Your Body and now she's trying to makeup for all the wasted time...

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Originally Posted by innocentbychoice

She's working hard on trying to promote (a little bit too late to be honest, but I guess better late than never).

Actually no, it was smart of her team/label to hold promotion till now because this part of the year is the most sales heavy for album sales. The final sales quarter of the year usually easily outsells the other quarters combined.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Originally Posted by BreakTheIce

Actually no, it was smart of her team/label to hold promotion till now because this part of the year is the most sales heavy for album sales. The final sales quarter of the year usually easily outsells the other quarters combined.

Well lets pray you're right, because I'm tired of seeing haters use the word "flop" to describe her...It gets them off, it's almost orgasmic to them lol.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Originally Posted by penayforay

I kind of wonder whether it was the best decision to release the entire album on spotify...she did the same thing with Bionic on Facebook if I recall correctly...aren't they afraid the majority of people will be like well I can listen to everything for free...aint gonna buy it now.

I don't know if that makes any difference, I mean the album leaked anyways like every other album out there.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

So Christina debuts at #7 on the Hot 100. Bionic did start higher and with a better first week sales number too. I hope she promotes the album heavily in the coming weeks to prove my point that promotion isn't her biggest problem.

Upon sampling the songs on youtube, I'd say Just a Fool is the strongest song on the album, followed by some of the ballads. She evokes the best emotions in the ballads. "Your Body" was actually one of the worst songs on the album in my opinion (along with other Max Martin tracks).

But I'm not going to bother buying this album. Did buy Just a Fool off itunes though!

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Originally Posted by penayforay

the promotion schedule is a mess tbh
chelsea handler and jay leno interviews should have taken place closer to album release date...not like a month before the album release. that way, the fact that she had a new album coming out soon would have been fresh in everyone's minds.
and then ONE performance of Your Body. what?

and where is the overseas promo? I would love to see her on Graham Norton or Alan Carr.

she's gonna be on Ellen on the 7th though.

yes
general public seem dont know she has a new album Lotus
she should have created an awareness not just a coach on number 1 hit show only

Imma kill this hoe if she promotes her finalist Dez Duron or The Voice instead of her new album on Ellen
oh well she performs there too

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The fact that she decided to take a year off The Voice to tour before even releasing Lotus shows that she & her team probably decided to cut back funds from album promotion and put more towards tour promotion because its actually usually much more profitable to tour than to just sell albums and singles.

At this point it actually makes sense for Christina to tour than to sell the album. Sure the album sales would help but the tour is where she can really pull in the $$$. The artists that tour usually earn far more than those that just sell albums and CDs. Last year, of the top 10 money makers in music (money earned through their music ventures only), 9 out of 10 were people who toured. The exception was Adele only.

So yea, Christina has a great live voice and so it would make sense for her to get Beautiful on stage than to promote more awful hot mess Max Martin tracks. Let's not forget this girl can sing people off the stage if she wants to

And for the most part her voice even if not perfect sounds like 10x better than some other artists out there

I don't really like Lotus but if she toured now I'd go just to see her perform some of her older tracks which I love.

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73,408
That's so... unfortunate. I was, hoping she'd make a cmeback this time, but 'Lotus' sold even LESS than 'Bionic'. Much Much Much less.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say this was all karma, but XTina hasn't doesn't anything to deserve that.

Honey that Gaga quote happened in like 2008. It's time to stop crying in your corner and move on with your life.

PS: Why don't you be a dear and go revive Britard's dead thread? You can post your passive aggressive old ass shit there and I'm pretty somebody will actually find it amusing. Maybe you can even find pictures of Gaga's dick so we can stop wondering how long it is.

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Positive article about Xtina, makes good points about how success might not be instant:

Christina Aguilera Scores Billboard #1 With ‘Your Body’

It’s common-knowledge that Christina Aguilera‘s ‘Lotus’ campaign has been rocked by many a speed-bump.

Indeed, its lead single ‘Your Body’ was never performed, which led to slow album sales, which ultimately resulted in more media muck being hurled at the singer.

However, it appears several positive facets to the project are beginning to emerge – one being the fact that, as of this week, ‘Your Body’ can officially be deemed a chart-topping Billboard hit.

Details below…

The Max Martin produced cut jumped #2-#1 on this week’s Billboard Dance / Club Chart. And while some may scoff at the “relevance” of the said tally, anyone who’s (even a little) versed in PR will know that a Billboard #1 of any sort is still a Billboard #1 – which ever way its spun.

The impressive feat comes in the week the song’s video hit 30 million views on Youtube and when ‘Lotus’ shows evidence of staying power on the album charts. For, according to Hits Daily Double, the LP’s second week run registered an impressive(ly low) 26% drop on its first week figure (75,000) – shifting another 54,119 copies.

It’s imperative to underscore the fact that much of said sales are likely attributable to the album being featured in a $5.99 Black Friday deal at US retailers Walmart and Best Buy. Put simply, the true test of whether the project will ultimately sink or swim will be its performance in the weeks and months ahead.

Thankfully for Xtina, the said period seems to be just what the Promo Dr ordered. Indeed, December 7th sees her perform on ‘Ellen’, while she also features on Blake Shelton‘s upcoming Christmas TV special. Add to this the fact that The Voice coache’s new single ‘Just A Fool’ is officially sent to radio on December 4th, and the tide seems like it’s turning in the 31 year old’s favour.

With The Voice drawing nearer its finale too, here’s hoping Xtina and her team seize any and every promotional opp to ensure ‘Lotus’ maxes out its chart potential. For, echoing earlier sentiments, commercial comeback’s aren’t always as instant as they could or should be. Hence, from our vantage point, Gold certification (500k sold) should be the goal-post here, which -if achieved - creates a sound foundation for Platinum flavoured success with future projects.

Needless to say, we’ll be keeping a close eye on how this all plays out.

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Originally Posted by penayforay

^ I really hope she performs JAF on Blake's special and on Ellen. Its so cute how Blake said he wanted friends and family and just generally people he's close to for the special and he brought Christina

and for people are complaining about the number 7 debut. of course its not ideal but look at the Burlesque soundtrack. Debuted at 16? has already gone Gold and was 53 on the year end chart (higher than some albums that debuted higher)

but does anyone know if she's even done any overseas promo? I know she did ONE interview for an Australian morning show but that didnt even have a performance -_-

No word on international promo yet. No word on any other promo besides Ellen and The Christmas special either.

Without Dez in her team, it means she's the only coach right now that has no contestants left...I hope this wakes her up and makes her realize that she needs to get off her ass and promote and make middle America like her a bit more.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Xtina's hairdresser posted on his Twitter that he's gonna do black hair very soon. I'm too lazy to look for the tweets now but it's probably going to be full black hair and even a new haircut. Thoughts?

I loved how she looked with black hair back in 2003, she was hot!!! I am aware that in this time the Snooki comparisons are gonna be inevitable but I don't care, I love when she changes her look.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

Originally Posted by innocentbychoice

Xtina's hairdresser posted on his Twitter that he's gonna do black hair very soon. I'm too lazy to look for the tweets now but it's probably going to be full black hair and even a new haircut. Thoughts?

I loved how she looked with black hair back in 2003, she was hot!!! I am aware that in this time the Snooki comparisons are gonna be inevitable but I don't care, I love when she changes her look.

Re: The Christina Aguilera Mega-thread

This is my boyfriend's favorite track off Lotus

It's not that bad actually. Like I said before I feel she's strongest on the ballads on Lotus. Her voice with just the piano is so epic. I wish she would send songs like this to radio more, where its more about her voice and not the production, beats, backing track, etc.

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Originally Posted by penayforay

goddamnit.
the more i think about it, the more I'm just like wtf christina. what was the point of performing mtwm and 3 non singles at the ama? if she just did Your Body instead of MTWM and Your Body in full at the AMA's...

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Originally Posted by penayforay

goddamnit.
the more i think about it, the more I'm just like wtf christina. what was the point of performing mtwm and 3 non singles at the ama? if she just did Your Body instead of MTWM and Your Body in full at the AMA's...